Putin's tense speech

 

Putin's tense speech: Struggle to suppress emotions on air

Story by Maciej Zubel

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On Thursday, Vladimir Putin addressed the Russian public with an unannounced televised speech. A British body language expert analyzed the dictator's address. According to Judi James, Putin "struggled to hide his emotions." She believes that the Russian leader was suppressing anger.

James noted that Putin was visibly tense during the speech. "Those hands didn't move, neither did his torso. His micro eye-dart suggested he was reading from an auto-cue and he began in a pose of performed concern, with his right eyebrow held in a frown that curled upward on the inner corner and a heavily furrowed brow," she pointed out.

Furthermore, in her assessment, the dictator's eye movements indicated that he was not speaking off-the-cuff but reading his words from a prompter.

"At one point his voice became slightly hoarse and he cleared his throat, which could suggest inner tension. A slight tightening of his top lip at one point suggested some suppressed anger," explained the expert in a conversation with the UK's "The Mirror."

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